Meta title: Russia Blog Meta description: Russia Blog presents up-to-date news, facts and commentary on the state of events in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The blog is managed by Yuri Mamchur, Director of Discovery Institute's Real Russia Project.

This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! Russia Blog http://www.russiablog.org/ Category: Blog Directory » Regional » Eastern Europe » Russia Hits: 3 Date added: 2006-03-30 21:51:18 Alexa traffic rank: 173,816

---

Latest blog posts from Russia Blog

Life and Death in Londongrad: Eastern Promises Reviewed
Viggo Mortsensen plays Nikolai, a thief-in-law (zakon) in London Just as movies about gangsters were going out of style in Russia, Eastern Promises came out in the West. Released one year ago today, David Cronenberg's crime drama about Russian mobsters in the United Kingdom grossed $51 million... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

Economic Consequences of the Georgia War
The Kremlin may or may not have been justified in its initial attack (or counter attack) in South Ossetia. But its decision to keep pressing ahead and not to leave even the Georgian territory (the so-call buffer zone) is costing the Russian economy a lot. This article may be an "opinion" piece,... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Russian Concrete and Cement Market
Download the PDF version of the report Russian Construction Material Market Research Cement from Portland unloaded in Russia The global cement and concrete additive market is experiencing rapid growth. The world market has been growing at more than 6.8 percent annually since 2005. (1)... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Summer in the Crimea
A Russian Orthodox Church on the Crimea Black Sea coast Russia Blog reader Elizaveta Babanova, a native of Ivanovo, Russian Federation, sends these photos from her recent vacation in the Crimea. Click on the extended post to see more photos and to read about the history of this seaside... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Russia and the West Are Entering the Danger Zone
Wars often start for seemingly absurd reasons connected to tendentious issues of honor, perceived military commitments and, most of all, erroneous expectations that escalation can be limited and managed. No one anticipates a war now between Russia and NATO. That is what is worrying. Only when a... Read more...
Published a week ago

Is the West Ready to Fight Russia to Preserve Stalin’s Legacy?
Many Americans blame George W. Bush for the disastrous state of U.S. foreign policy in the region, but to be fair, the blame should go to the older Bush and Clinton as well... It looks like the Western leaders, and especially two U.S. Presidential hopefuls, Barack Obama and John McCain, are... Read more...
Published a week ago

Behold the Bear: 10 Reasons Americans Should Care about Russia
Download the PDF version of the report "Behold the Bear: Ten Reasons Americans Should Care About Russia" The war in South Ossetia and Georgia, though appalling, resulted in fewer deaths and damage than originally reported. It is still not "over" and probably won't be for some time. Meanwhile, it... Read more...
Published a week ago

The Battle of the Dueling Presidents: Take Your Pick or “None of the Above"
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (left) and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev Russians and Georgians fight it out--in print. The Financial Times has scored by publishing articles by both Dimitri Medvedev and Mikheil Saakashvili. (P.R. firms representing both sides must be working... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Russians, Happy Over Olympics, Look to Sochi, 2014
Russia's Natalia Paderina and Georgia's Nino Salukvadze hugged after winning Olympic silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's 10-meter air pistol competition. The Beijing Olympics 2008 set a high standard for the next Olympics hosts, Canada (Vancouver 2010). Then comes Britain... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Suddenly it’s a Georgia “Standoff”?
There is a certain game-playing going on in the Caucasus that is not very confidence-inspiring. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Dallas at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The Dallas, had originally been slated to dock at the Black Sea port of Poti, which is still... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Weekly Market and Industry Report: Russia’s Forestry Industry Overview
Download the PDF version of the report Russia’s Forestry Industry Overview John Deere service center in Syktyvkar, the Republic of Komi The Russian Federation has experienced significant changes since the volatile years of the 1990s. Nine straight years of consistent GDP growth along with... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Russian Conspicuous Consumption Reaches New Heights
The Villa Leopolda on the French Riviera When Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, spent $45 million a few years ago to build a mansion on the east side of Lake Washington, near Seattle, it was thought to have been the most expensive house ever. Regardless, it was a carefully thought out space... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago